Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, on Tuesday, said the state government was making arrangements to establish 1,000 settlements for pastoralists to curtail the recurring clash between farmers and herdsmen. The governor made the disclosure while presenting the N151 billion 2018 proposed budget to the state’s House of Assembly in Birnin Kebbi. He said the settlements
A notable pro-democracy and Non-governmental body – HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has faulted the reported claim by the Department of State Services (DSS) which accused Islamic state terrorists of the Benue killings. HURIWA said the claim coming nearly twenty four months after the international media reported the affiliation of the breakaway faction
The Katsina State Government says it will recruit no fewer than 5,000 teachers into the state-owned primary schools to enhance the manpower in the education sector. Governor Aminu Masari disclosed this at the swearing-in of the new Commissioner for Education, Dr Badamasi Lawal, on Monday in Katsina. Masari said that the teachers would be recruited
The national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Prof Mahmood Yakubu has called on the United Nations to come to his Commission assistance as the country prepares for fresh general elections next year. Professor Yakubu made the appeal on Monday while playing host to the United Nations Need Assessment Mission on the 2019
The Presidency on Sunday alerted that the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), an affiliate of ISIS, has been discovered to be responsible for the attacks taking place in Benue and other states in the country. According to a top Presidency source, security service organizations including the Department of State Service, DSS have in a
A delegation of the All Progressives Congress leaders from the Southeast on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja and asked him to support zoning of the presidency to the region in 2023. They also reaffirmed the unanimous decision of the party in the zone on December 31, 2017 endorsing
Former international footballer, George Weah has been sworn in as president of Liberia. “I have spent many years of my life in stadiums, but today is a feeling like no other,” President Weah told crowds in the capital Monrovia. It is Liberia’s first transition between democratically-elected leaders since 1944. Mr Weah thanked his predecessor, Ellen
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered an investigation into the allegations that a property belonging to former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, was demolished in Abuja. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba gave the directive on Monday following submissions by Jonathan’s counsel, Mr Mike Ozekhome, that the property was demolished by an agency of the Federal Government.
The Bauchi State Food Vendors Multi-Purpose Cooperative Union has called on president Muhammadu Buhari and governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar to contest for second terms in 2019. The union stated that it was ready to buy nomination forms for the president and the governor to re-contest. Chairperson of the union, Hajiya Kaltume Katagum disclosed this weekend
Presidential adviser on media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Sunday in Abuja said President Muhammadu Buhari has not decided on whether to contest in the 2019 election. Adesina said this while speaking with State House correspondents adding that the president is presently in a better state of health than in 2015, to seek re-election